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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 151877, member: 4910&quot;]<b>UK Cartwheel Penny 1797 - Really worn and engraved</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have had this coin since I was a kid in the 1960&#039;s.</p><p>It is a United Kingdom 1797 &quot;cartwheel&quot; two pence copper coin, 35mm diameter.</p><p>It is as big as a silver dollar and probably weighs more because it is thicker.</p><p>It is in coin catalogs as having been made only in 1797.</p><p>My coin is really worn, the reverse &quot;Brittania&quot; and date are unreadable.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has some engraving across King George&#039;s head which looks like &quot;JIG&quot; or &quot;JJG&quot;.</p><p>Can the engraving mean anything?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm/posts/uk_cart_1797.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>:smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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